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Nokia has detailed plans for its Nokia Business Center corporate e-mail system, which the Finnish company is marketing to everyday workers with mobile phones, not just executives and salespeople. The service will be available on 13 Nokia phones, as well as Java-based smartphones made by rival companies.

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Nokia's new effort to "bring mobile e-mail to the corporate masses" may pack the punch to steamroll small e-mail providers and eventually go head-to-head with rivals such as Research in Motion and Microsoft, BusinessWeek reports. To jump-start the offering, Nokia is undercutting competitors in a crucial area: price.

Alltel's Cellular One said it would exchange 850 MHz wireless assets with U.S. Cellular to meet requirements imposed on its merger with Western Wireless. Under the agreement, U.S. Cellular will get 15 Rural Service Area markets in Kansas and Nebraska, while Alltel will get two RSA markets in Idaho plus $50 million in cash.

Nokia has captured 17% of the market for 3G phones, making it the clear market leader, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. The report says Nokia's success is worrisome for Asian handset makers, which have some work to do to catch up.